This is the third publication to analyze progress, challenges, and adjustment options of this . reform revolution for mandated public pension schemes. The individual account-based but unfunded approach that promises fair and financially sustainable benefits is a reform benchmark for all pension...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Part VI. Family and Gender -- Chapter 17. Gender and Family: Conceptual Overview -- Chapter 18. Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions: Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Models -- Chapter 19....

Earnings inequality and earnings determination in urban China 2002 and Russia 2003 are compared using samples covering large parts of the two countries. The results from estimated earnings functions are put in perspective of the outcome from a similar comparison made at the end of the 1980s. We...